It was announced that the U.S. Government was going to change the anti-piracy notices on new DVDs and Blu-rays to include not one but two unskippable 10-second notices to further harangue the people who didn't steal the discs, telling them not to steal. Obviously, this is either a mistake or part of a larger scheme. [...]
Read MoreWhat do you do when your business model violates laws in your home country, and the laws of most every country around? Start a new country, of course. The Pirates Bay, one of the top bit torrent sites where you can find links to download music, movies, TV shows, software, and more, is getting a [...]
Read MoreWeird Al has a new album coming out September 26th, and he's released a song from it for free download. It's titled, appropriately, "Don't Download This Song." www.myspace.com/weirdal – The song, and the place it'll be premiered tonight at 6 PM Pacific, 9 PM Eastern. DontDownloadThisSong.com – Send the song as an e-card ddts.mp3 – [...]
Read MorePirates, put down your Neros and your burners! As of this week major movie studios are allowing you to legally download blockbuster movies to your computer for you to keep forever. What a breakthrough! Of course, they cost at least as much — probably more — than the same movies on DVD, even though you [...]
Read MoreTell me, do you feel more virtuous these days? More law-abiding? The recording industry seems to think you are, and they've certainly never been wrong before. According to a report from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries — those whacky kids — the number of legal music downloads during the first half of 2005 was [...]
Read MoreArtists Break With Industry on File Sharing A prominent group of musicians and artists, breaking with colleagues and the major entertainment studios, is urging the Supreme Court not to hold online file-sharing services responsible for the acts of users who illegally trade songs, movies and software. The group, which includes representatives of Steve Winwood, rapper [...]
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